# How to connect Givebutter to Claude Cowork

```json
{
  "title": "How to connect Givebutter to Claude Cowork",
  "toolkit": "Givebutter",
  "toolkit_slug": "givebutter",
  "framework": "Claude Cowork",
  "framework_slug": "claude-cowork",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/claude-cowork",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/claude-cowork.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T10:13:11.056Z"
}
```

## Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.
This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Givebutter account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to create a new fundraising campaign for our school, list all recent payouts to our nonprofit account, get details for fund with ID fund_abc123, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

## Also integrate Givebutter with

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/claude-code)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/codex)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/crew-ai)

## Connect Givebutter to Claude Cowork

### Connecting Givebutter to Claude Cowork
1. Open Customize
In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.
2. Add the Composio MCP server
Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

```bash
https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
```

## What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.
With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like Givebutter through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

## What is the Givebutter MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Givebutter MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Givebutter account. It provides structured and secure access to your fundraising platform, so your agent can perform actions like creating campaigns, tracking donations, managing contacts, and handling payouts on your behalf.
- Campaign management and creation: Easily instruct your agent to start new fundraising campaigns, update campaign details, or remove old campaigns when needed.
- Donation and payout tracking: Ask your agent to retrieve lists of payouts, monitor donation flows, and keep tabs on your fundraising progress in real time.
- Contact and member administration: Let your agent add, archive, or delete contacts, and fetch lists of campaign members for smooth supporter management.
- Fund and webhook operations: Direct your agent to get details about specific funds, create or remove webhooks for event notifications, and manage fundraising infrastructure automatically.
- Automated data cleanup: Empower your agent to archive or delete obsolete contacts, funds, or webhooks, keeping your Givebutter account organized and up to date.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `GIVEBUTTER_ADD_CONTACT_TAGS` | Add Contact Tags | Tool to add tags to a contact by contact ID. Use when you need to categorize or label contacts with specific tags. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_ADD_HOUSEHOLD_CONTACT` | Add Household Contact | Tool to add a contact to a household. Use when you have both a household ID and contact ID to associate them together. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_ARCHIVE_CONTACT` | Archive Contact | Tool to archive a contact by their ID. Use after ensuring the contact has no associated data (e.g., no transactions or communications). Example: "Archive contact abc123". |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_CAMPAIGN` | Create Campaign | Tool to create a new campaign. Use when you have title, description, goal, and type ready, after confirming your Givebutter account is authenticated. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_CAMPAIGN_TICKET` | Create Campaign Ticket | Tool to create a campaign ticket for events or fundraisers. Use when you need to add ticket options to a campaign with pricing and inventory details. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_CONTACT` | Create Contact | Tool to create a new contact in Givebutter. Use when you need to add a new contact with first name, last name, and optionally email, phone, and other details. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_CONTACT_ACTIVITY` | Create Contact Activity | Tool to create a contact activity (e.g., note). Use when you need to log an activity for a contact. Requires contact ID and activity details. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_DISCOUNT_CODE` | Create Discount Code | Tool to create a discount code for a campaign. Use when you need to provide promotional pricing or discounts for campaign items. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_FUND` | Create Fund | Tool to create a new fund. Use when you need to create a fund with a name and optional code. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_HOUSEHOLD` | Create Household | Tool to create a new household in Givebutter. Use when you need to group related contacts under a single household entity. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_TRANSACTION` | Create Transaction | Tool to create a new transaction for a campaign. Use when you need to record a donation or payment, typically for offline transactions like cash or check payments. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_CREATE_WEBHOOK` | Create Webhook | Tool to create a new webhook subscription. Use when you need to receive real-time notifications programmatically after confirming your endpoint can validate Givebutter's signing secret. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_DELETE_CAMPAIGN` | Delete Campaign | Tool to delete a campaign by its ID. Use after confirming the campaign has no funds raised. Example: "Delete campaign abc123". |
| `GIVEBUTTER_DELETE_CONTACT_ACTIVITY` | Delete Contact Activity | Tool to delete a contact activity by contact ID and activity ID. Use when you need to remove a specific activity from a contact's record. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_DELETE_DISCOUNT_CODE` | Delete Discount Code | Tool to delete a discount code from a campaign. Use when you need to remove a discount code after confirming it exists. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_DELETE_FUND` | Delete Fund | Tool to delete a fund by its ID. Use when you need to remove a fund after confirming it exists. Example: "Delete fund fund_abc123". |
| `GIVEBUTTER_DELETE_HOUSEHOLD` | Delete Household | Tool to delete a household by its ID. Use after confirming the household exists and has no associated data. Example: "Delete household 1007067". |
| `GIVEBUTTER_DELETE_WEBHOOK` | Delete Webhook | Tool to delete a webhook by its ID. Use when you need to remove an obsolete webhook after confirming no further events are needed. Example: "Delete webhook abc123". |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_CAMPAIGN` | Get Campaign | Tool to retrieve details for a specific campaign by its ID or code. Use when you need to fetch campaign information, check status, or get fundraising progress. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_CAMPAIGN_TICKET` | Get Campaign Ticket | Tool to retrieve a specific campaign ticket by campaign ID and ticket ID. Use when you need details about a specific ticket item within a campaign. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_CONTACT` | Get Contact | Tool to retrieve details of a specific contact by ID. Use after confirming the contact ID is valid. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_CONTACT_ACTIVITY` | Get Contact Activity | Tool to retrieve a specific contact activity by contact ID and activity ID. Use when you need detailed information about a particular activity for a contact. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_DISCOUNT_CODE` | Get Discount Code | Tool to retrieve details of a specific discount code for a campaign. Use when you need to view discount code information. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_FUND` | Get Fund | Tool to retrieve details of a specific fund by its ID. Use after confirming the fund ID is valid. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_HOUSEHOLD` | Get Household | Tool to retrieve details of a specific household by its ID. Use when you need information about a household including its contacts. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_MEMBERS` | Get Members | Tool to retrieve a paginated list of members for a given campaign. Use when you need to list or process campaign members. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_PAYOUTS` | Get Payouts | Tool to retrieve a list of payouts associated with your account. Use when you need to list withdrawal transactions after authentication. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_PLANS` | Get Plans | Tool to retrieve a list of plans associated with your account. Use after authentication to fetch recurring donation plans. Returns only plans scoped to the authenticated account; cross-account retrieval is not supported. An empty array is a valid response indicating no recurring plans exist. If paginated, iterate all pages to retrieve the full plan set. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_TEAMS` | Get Teams | Tool to retrieve a list of teams for a specific campaign. Use after creating or updating a campaign when you need to list fundraising teams. Example: "Get teams for campaign camp123". |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_TICKETS` | Get Tickets | Tool to retrieve a list of tickets. Use when you need to list all tickets for your account after authentication. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_TRANSACTIONS` | Get Transactions | Tool to retrieve a list of transactions associated with your account. Use when you need to list all donations and payments, optionally filtered by scope. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_WEBHOOK` | Get Webhook | Tool to retrieve a specific webhook by its ID. Use when you need details about a single webhook subscription. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_WEBHOOK_ACTIVITY` | Get Webhook Activity | Tool to retrieve a specific webhook activity by its ID. Use when you need detailed information about a single webhook delivery event. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_GET_WEBHOOKS` | Get Webhooks | Tool to retrieve all webhooks configured for your account. Use after obtaining valid authentication. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_CAMPAIGNS` | List Campaigns | Tool to retrieve a paginated list of campaigns for the authenticated account. Use when you need to list all campaigns. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_CAMPAIGN_TICKETS` | List Campaign Tickets | Tool to retrieve a list of all campaign tickets for a specific campaign. Use when you need to list tickets available for a campaign. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_CONTACT_ACTIVITIES` | List Contact Activities | Tool to retrieve all activities for a specific contact. Use when you need to view the activity history of a contact, optionally filtered by activity type. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_CONTACTS` | List Contacts | Tool to retrieve a paginated list of contacts from your Givebutter account. Use when you need to list all contacts with optional filtering by type, date ranges, contribution amounts, tags, or sorting preferences. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_DISCOUNT_CODES` | List Discount Codes | Tool to list all discount codes for a campaign. Use when you need to retrieve all active and inactive discount codes associated with a specific campaign. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_FUNDS` | List Funds | Tool to list all funds in your Givebutter account. Returns paginated results with up to 20 funds per page. Use when you need to retrieve multiple funds or browse all available funds. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_HOUSEHOLD_CONTACTS` | List Household Contacts | Tool to retrieve all contacts associated with a household. Use when you need to list contacts for a specific household ID. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_HOUSEHOLDS` | List Households | Tool to retrieve a list of all households in your account. Use when you need to view or manage household groups and their associated contacts. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_MESSAGES` | List Messages | Tool to retrieve a paginated list of messages. Use when you need to list messages sent through your Givebutter account. Returns paginated results; use the page parameter to navigate through pages. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_PLEDGES` | List Pledges | Tool to retrieve a paginated list of all pledges. Use when you need to list pledges with optional pagination support. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_LIST_WEBHOOK_ACTIVITIES` | List Webhook Activities | Tool to list all webhook activities for a specific webhook. Use when you need to retrieve activity logs for a webhook subscription. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_REMOVE_CONTACT_TAGS` | Remove Contact Tags | Tool to remove tags from a contact in Givebutter. Use when you need to disassociate specific tags from a contact record. Requires the contact ID and a list of tag names to remove. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_RESTORE_CONTACT` | Restore Contact | Tool to restore a deleted contact by contact ID. Use when you need to recover a contact that was previously deleted. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_SYNC_CONTACT_TAGS` | Sync Contact Tags | Tool to sync tags for a contact. Replaces all existing tags with the specified tags. Use when you need to update the complete tag list for a contact. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_CAMPAIGN` | Update Campaign | Tool to update an existing campaign's details by its ID. Use when you need to modify campaign attributes after creation. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_CAMPAIGN_PUT` | Update Campaign (PUT) | Tool to update a campaign using PUT method. Use when you need to update campaign details like title, description, goal, or other attributes. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_CONTACT` | Update Contact | Tool to update an existing contact's details by contact ID. Use when modifying contact information after confirming the contact_id. Only provided fields will be updated. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_CONTACT_ACTIVITY` | Update Contact Activity | Tool to update a contact activity by contact ID and activity ID. Use when modifying an existing contact activity record. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_CONTACT_PUT` | Update Contact (PUT) | Tool to update a contact using PUT method. Use when you need to update contact information by contact ID. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_DISCOUNT_CODE` | Update Discount Code | Tool to update an existing discount code for a campaign. Use when you need to modify discount code details such as amount, expiration, or usage limits. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_FUND` | Update Fund | Tool to update a fund's details by its ID. Use when you need to modify fund attributes such as name or code. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_HOUSEHOLD` | Update Household | Tool to update an existing household's details by its ID. Use when you need to modify household information after confirming the household_id. |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_WEBHOOK` | Update Webhook | Tool to update an existing webhook subscription's details. Use when you need to modify a webhook's name, URL, trigger events, or enabled state after confirming its ID. Example: "Update webhook wh_1234567890 to point to https://example.com/hook, enable transaction.succeeded only." |
| `GIVEBUTTER_UPDATE_WEBHOOK_PUT` | Update Webhook (PUT) | Tool to update a webhook using PUT method (full replacement). Use when you need to completely replace a webhook's configuration. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK

The Givebutter MCP server connects Claude Cowork to your Givebutter account through Composio. Once connected, Cowork can use the available Givebutter tools and triggers to complete tasks on your behalf.

## Complete Code

None listed.

## How to build Givebutter MCP Agent with another framework

- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/claude-agents-sdk)
- [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/claude-code)
- [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/codex)
- [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/openclaw)
- [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/hermes-agent)
- [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/cli)
- [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/google-adk)
- [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/langchain)
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/ai-sdk)
- [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/mastra-ai)
- [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/llama-index)
- [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/givebutter/framework/crew-ai)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Givebutter MCP?

With a standalone Givebutter MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Givebutter tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Givebutter and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Cowork?

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Givebutter tools.

### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Givebutter while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Givebutter scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

### How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Givebutter data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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